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      Kirsten<br>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>CORRECTED LINKS - Survey season at Strathclyde: the
              academic and research communities</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:19:53 +0000</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Claire Nimmo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:claire.nimmo@strath.ac.uk">&lt;claire.nimmo@strath.ac.uk&gt;</a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dear
            colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We&#8217;re
            in the midst of survey season 2013 at Strathclyde, and as
            such, a number of academic and researcher-related surveys
            will be launching on <b>5 March</b> and running until <b>16
              May</b>. These biennial surveys, run by over 100
            Universities in the UK, provide valuable data to inform
            institutional, Faculty and departmental enhancements, and
            are a useful indication of the experiences of our research
            and academic communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Over
            the next few months, the following surveys will therefore be
            open at Strathclyde:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                      style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Survey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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                      style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Target
                      Audience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                      style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Responsible
                      Directorate(s)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
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                      href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/rdp/researchersurveys/">Postgraduate
                      Research Experience Survey (PRES)</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Postgraduate
                    Research Students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">RKES
                    and SEES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/learninganddevelopment/researchstaffdevelopment/careersinresearchonlinesurveycros2013/"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Careers in
                      Research Online Survey (CROS)</span></a><span
                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Research
                    staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">HR
                    (OSDU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/hr/learninganddevelopment/researchstaffdevelopment/principalinvestigatorsandresearchleaderssurveypirls2013/"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Principal
                      Investigators and Research Leaders Survey (PIRLS)</span></a><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">HR
                    (OSDU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">In
            relation to <b>PRES</b> specifically, the Researcher
            Development Team have developed a Good Practice Guide which
            provides an overview of the survey cycle, how you can
            contribute, and to let you know what we&#8217;ll be doing and when
            you&#8217;re likely to hear from us at each stage, which we hope
            you find useful. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Please
            do promote these surveys to your research and academic
            communities to encourage a significant response rate, and in
            the case of PIRLS, perhaps take part yourselves! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Thank
            you in advance for all your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                Nimmo (<span style="color:black">n&eacute;e</span> Jackson)<br>
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